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Sorvice and Regulatory Annoiinceincnts, 8 articlos for the Journal of 

 Agricultural Research, 22 iniscellaueous pamphlets, and 8 orders in 

 the nature of regulations. In addition 247 articles relating to the 

 work of the bureau were published in the Weekly News Letter. 



REPORTS BY DIVISIONS. 



The year's work as conducted by the various divisions of the 

 bureau is presented more fully in the following pages: 



ANIMAL HUSBANDRY DIVISION. 



The war work of tlie Aninuil Husbandry Division, under George 

 31. Rommel, chief, fell under two nuain heads — the emergency move- 

 ment of drought-stricken live stock and the campaigns to stinudate 

 production of hogs, poultry, beef cattle, and sheep. The conserva- 

 tion feature was quite as strongly emphasized as the uuportance of 

 actual increase in production. 



SAVING DROUGHT-STRICKEN CATTLE. 



The shipment of cattle from drought-stricken areas was aided in 

 the summer of 1918 as in the preceding year. The movement was 

 ]u-incipally from Texas to the Southeastern States, and nearly 

 ;500,000 head were shipped. The cattle were mostly cows, and a largo 

 ])rop()rtion were bought outright in small lots and M'ent into a sec- 

 tion wliich promises to be our next great area for expansion in beef 

 production. Where they were properly cared for they gave farmers 

 a start of from 5 to 10 years over the usual methods of grading up 

 native stock by purebred bulls. It cost the Government only a few 

 cents a head to move these cattle. If these well-bred cattle had not 

 been moved as they were, they would have perished on the ranges 

 or would have been slaughtered at the market centers. 



In the summer of 1919 a similar movement of wide scope was 

 undertaken to meet a similar situation in Montana and adjoining 

 States. The work is in charge of a committee representing the 

 Bureau of Animal Industry, the Bureau of Markets, and the States 

 Relations Service, in cooperation with the agricultural colleges an<l 

 the United States Railroad Administration. 



STUDIES OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



The committee formed in the Animal Husbandry Division to 

 study meat-animal production througliout the world as a war-time 

 measure has continued its work. In the statistical part of its re- 

 searches it had the hearty cooperation of the Bureau of Crop Esti- 

 huites. The purpose was to prepare a program for animal produc- 

 tion in 1919 which would meet the demands of the Allies and !)e 

 l)racticable of application by our farmers. The essence of the com- 

 mittee's report was adopted in the department's recommendations 

 published in the fall of 1918. The conuuittce has devoted some study 

 to the same subject for 1920, and it is the intention to continue this 

 study of world meat production annually so far as resources permit. 



